Loose-sheet holder.



No. 893,572. PATENTES JULY 14, 1908. J. c. DAWSON. LooSE SEEE11 EOLEEE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.29.1907,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFRIR. JAMES O. DAWSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO SIEBER & TRUSSELL MNFG. GO.,

1 A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

LOOSE-SHEET HOLDER.

No. 893,572.v

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented J'uly 14, 1908.

Application filed March 29, 1907. Serial No. 365,216.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. DAWSON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loose-Sheet Holders, of which the following is a specification and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof. y

This invention relates to devices for temporarily binding together loose sheets, such as samples of fabric; and it consists of a baseplate from which rise openable arches, with means for locking each arch in closed position.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved form of arch and locking mechanism, as hereinafter described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichf Figure 1 is a detail in perspective of the holder; Fig. 2 is a detail section in the plane of one of the arches, the arch being shown partly in section and partly in elevation; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view in detail of a portion of the holder; and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view illustrating a modified form of embodiment of the invention.

The base-plate is shown at l() and is reinforced across one of its edges by a block 11. Each arch comprises a pair of posts 12, 13, both rising from the block 11, the post 13 being tubular and being located adjacent the edge of the plate 10, the post 12 being preferably solid and being located adjacent the inner edge of the block 11.

In order to secure the post 12 in the block 11 it is turned down with its lower end of a smaller diameter than its body portion, for a length corresponding with the thickness of the block, the washer, 14, is placed at the upper surface of the block, abutting against the shoulder of the post, and a washer 15 is applied to the lower end of the post, the latter being then headed. up, as shown at 16, thus drawing the two washers tightly against the block. The post 13 is similarly treated in attaching it to the block, except that its lower end is flanged outwardly, washers 17 and 18 being used in the same manner as the washers 14 and 15. The posts are preferably of equal height.

An arch member 19, having one short leg 20 for engaging an aperture 21 in the upper end of the post 12 and one long leg 22 for insertion through the post 13, is secured in place by means of a threaded nut 23 applied to its lower end, and which, reacting against the lower end of the post 13, draws the short leg 20 into secure engagement with the post 12. A runner board 24 may be mounted on the post 12 as a cover for the sheets to be held.

The holder is opened by turning back the nut 23 sufficiently to permit the arch inember to be raised out of engagement with the post 12, when it may be swung laterally. The sheets to be secured are apertured to fit over the post 12, and are securely locked against removal by closing the arch and turning up the nut.

As many arches may be employed as desirable, in the drawings four are shown. The device may be of any suitable size, and when used for exhibiting samples of fabric may be large enough to accommodate any desired pattern and serves as a convenient means for exhibiting such samples, as the upper ones may be turned back over the arches, leaving the neXt sheet in order fully exposed to view and entirely disassociated from its companions for the purposes of inspection.

The upperl ends of the posts 12, 13, are tapered, as shown, to avoid abrupt shoulders at the juncture with the arch member 19. This is further facilitated in the case of the post 12 by reducing the diameter of the arch member 19 at its end to lit within the aperture 21 of the post.

If desired a tube for inclosing the longer leg 22 of the arch member 19 may be dispensed with, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The lower end of the arch member is then preferably reduced to provide a shoulder 25 for engaging the upper face of the base block 11, the reduced portion of the arch member being threaded to receive the nut 23. As shown a flanged bushing 26 is fitted within the aperture provided in the base block 11 for receiving the foot of the arch member.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a loose sheet holder, in combination, a base plate, a pair of posts rising from the plate, one thereof being tubular, and the other being socketed at its upper end, an arch member having one leg projecting through the tubular post and the other leg being adapted to engage the socket of the other post, and a threaded nut applied to the lower end of the arch member.

2. In a loose sheet holder, in combination,

a base plate, a post rising therefrom and' having its upper end socketed, an arch member having one end adapted for engagement 10 With the socket of the post and its other end extended through the plate, and a nut applied to the lower end of the arch member.

JAS. C. DAWSON.

Vlitnesses:

LOUIS K. GILLsoN, CHARLES B. GILLSON. 

